American Torii

Catalog United States Northern Mariana Islands

Saipan Katori Torii

Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, United States

Year erected
1985
Material
stone
Form
multiple
Setting
shrine
Status
standing
Address
6P2C+PQ3, China Town, Saipan 96950, Northern Mariana Islands
Coordinates
15.201729, 145.721767
A pale grey stone torii at the top of low concrete steps, with a small shrine building under a dark tiled roof set among large trees behind it.
Photo: By Abasaa, Own work, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons
A tan stone torii with thick cylindrical pillars on a paved path, flanked by a pair of stone lanterns, with a small white and orange shrine building behind it against a forested hillside.
Photo: By Abasaa, Own work, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Two stone torii stand at this shrine, which was established when Saipan was under Japanese control in 1914. The shrine burnt to the ground in the Battle of Saipan in 1944 and was rebuilt in 1985.

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